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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

I was so excited and happy when my good friend Pat Decker asked me to design the makeover of her bedroom.

Then...we were both really excited when Better Homes and Gardens magazine "REFRESH" decided they wanted to publish it. What a great testimony to our venture!

Get the full story in this winter issue 2015

Here is how it went! When Pat called me, there were 2 major challenges with Pats bedroom:

1. She wanted to keep all of her furniture for sentimental reasons but she also
desperately wanted to change it.
2. She wanted a new look, but had a small budget. Pat was uncertain about a style
direction......except she really loved the color RED!

I set off to find a rug with a good punch of red! dashandalbert.annieselke.com/Rugs‎ served it up with this design we used as a bold design anchor. The raspberry red from the rug was matched to a Rapberry red paint from www.benjaminmoore for the furniture.

It's amazing what can be transformed with Paint!
I painted all the dark wood furniture with 4 coats of gloss paint which totally transformed their look, making Pat fall back in love with them again. New Crystal knobs and nickel on everything perked up the finish.

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I thought the old brass bed just had to go, but Pat could not part with it! Why throw away something you can fix? She was right! I transformed the bed with Krylon paints, using a black flat finish with a dusted shimmer of nickel. The bed now feels a bit modern industrial but the bedding brings it back to feminine!

The wall behind the bed needed something special and I liked the idea of softening the wall with fabric. After a trip to the flea market for glass knobs, I attached them to a painted pine board. This idea means Pat can change the fabric for a new seasonal backdrop anytime!

Red can be an overwhelming color if it is not balanced with complimentary colors. Adding the gray wall quiets the red while letting it pop! The blue and black accents and mix of patterns makes the room bold and interesting.

Once we had our secondary palette, finding accessories in these colors was fun and everything just fell into place!

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I'm Karin and I am a stylist, life style editor, designer, artist, and producer. I create DIY projects and style houses for dozens of magazines, catalogs and websites where you may go to get your design inspiration. I love to create beautiful rooms, vignettes, floral arrangements while creating entertaining ideas. This year I started producing crafts and lifestyle ideas for the CT FOX NEWS Morning Show. This blog is my opportunity to share with you all of the projects I create for Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, New England Homes Magazine, Traditional Homes and many more. I will also share my exciting and hectic life as a stylist, my favorite styling ideas, the way I work, the places I go and the exciting homes and people I meet. Enjoy and be inspired!